so the case was settled in a way and writer kathryn medico had her book.e with the boys because her interest had become deeply personal. she had spent months writing letters to them, talking on the phone and she developed a special bond with alex. she didn't actually meet him until late 2002 when she got a chance to visit him in prison. >> as soon as i met him, there was just a connection, as though he was a child that needed me in some way, and i stopped being a journalist and i started being a mother. i found him to be so terribly alone, and it just spoke to my soul in a way that is hard to explain. but i felt that i didn't want to abandon him, because he had been abandoned by just about every adult in his life. kathryn and her family frequently wrote to alex and visited him in prison. how many people thought you were out of your mind? >> i don't know. a substantial amount, i'm sure. >> yeah. did you wonder yourself if -- >> never. never. it was a knowing. it was an absolute knowing within my spirit that i had a connection to this child. >> why? >> we wo